90, Lot: 124. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS of PERSIA. Shahpur I. 241-272 AD. AR Hemidrachm (21mm, 2.06 gm). Crowned and cuirassed bust right / Fire altar with attendants. Göbl I/1; Alram 690. Near VF, toned, light porosity.

From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 22 (25-26 May 1982), lot 169.

See lot 116 for notes on the reign and coinage of this king.